1) Coleman v Franken

2) Do you agree, as a Washington Post article said, that Iraq "is no longer America's war?"

3) Does the Ricci decision help or harm the Sotomayor nomination?

June 30, 2009

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On Iraq: Saying that "Iraq is no longer America's war", is a nice thought, but not much more. Make no mistake about it, this war has not ended, nor has our paternity for what we have done.

We have become part of Iraq's history and it will not be easy to turn our back on what unfolds or unravels from here on out. We have not seen the end of the forces "our war" unleashed - an emboldened Iran, Kurdish overreach, and deep sectarian tensions - all will come back to haunt us.

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